Between El-Horria and La Liberte: The Jewish Worldview of a Judeo-Arabic and French Newspaper from Twentieth Century Tangier, Morocco

Between El-Horria and La Liberte: The Jewish Worldview of a Judeo-Arabic and French Newspaper from Twentieth Century Tangier, Morocco

El-Horria/La Liberte was a bilingual, Judeo-Arabic and French, Jewish weekly newspaper published in Tangier, Morocco between 1914 and ca. 1924. This article offers a careful study of this newspaper in order to show the worldview it created for its consumers through discussion of issues its editor an...

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Published in:Jewish social studies 2022-09, Vol.27 (3), p.123-157
Main Author: Tam, Alon
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
19th century
20th century
Analysis
Arabic language
Bilingualism
Colonialism
Consumers
Culture
Diplomatic & consular services
Elites
French language
Jewish life & ethics
Jewish people
Jews
Journalism
Language
Minority & ethnic groups
Modernization
Newspaper publishing
Reorganization
World War I
Worldview
Zionism
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Summary:El-Horria/La Liberte was a bilingual, Judeo-Arabic and French, Jewish weekly newspaper published in Tangier, Morocco between 1914 and ca. 1924. This article offers a careful study of this newspaper in order to show the worldview it created for its consumers through discussion of issues its editor and authors deemed to be crucial for Jewish life in Morocco at the time. These ranged from the consequences of World War I to French colonialism, Jewish peoplehood, Zionism, or the reorganization and modernization of Jewish communities in Morocco. Through a comparison of writings in Judeo-Arabic and French, this article also unpacks the intersections between language, social hierarchy, socio-political commitments, and Jewish minority-Muslim majority relations in Morocco. Ultimately, this article demonstrates how El-Horria/La Liberte promoted the interaction of French-speaking intellectual, urban, Jewish elites into a Jewish world focused on eastern and central Europe, and how it tried to do the same for the larger group of Judeo-Arabic speaking Jews in the Moroccan interior, although it was sometimes challenged by the latter.
ISSN:0021-6704
1527-2028